http://dir.salon.com/topics/slavery/?source=rss&aim=slavery en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Steven Lubet Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/16/john_brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/16/john_brown/index.html?source=rss While right-wingers posture about secession and armed resistance, let's recall how our actual Civil War began By Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/24/huckabee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/24/huckabee/index.html?source=rss In a speech to an anti-abortion group, the former Arkansas governor says the moral reasoning behind abolishing slavery applies today. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/30/savage_bbq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/30/savage_bbq/index.html?source=rss Drop those spareribs, imperialist pig-eaters! A new book argues that the great American barbecue smolders on the coals of genocidal racism. By Catherine Price Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/24/piglet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/24/piglet/index.html?source=rss Using an unusual incentive program, the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation has kept thousands of girls out of slavery. By Whitney Joiner Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/06/11/orner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/06/11/orner/index.html?source=rss Sexual assault, enslavement, no medical care -- Peter Orner, author of an oral history of illegal immigrants, discusses the nightmares experienced by this vulnerable population. By Hannah Wallace Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/03/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/03/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss Hardly a thing of the past, slavery thrives in our world. Investigative reporter Benjamin Skinner tells Salon the shocking truth about human trafficking. By Cary Tennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/20/slave_narrative/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/20/slave_narrative/index.html?source=rss I have a choice of two schools for my doctorate; one is ranked 63 and the other is ranked 90. Which should I choose -- and what about my boyfriend? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/27/slavery_and_climate_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/27/slavery_and_climate_change/index.html?source=rss Then: Abolition would wreak havoc on the economy of the South. Now: Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol would punish all Americans. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/bad_geography/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/bad_geography/index.html?source=rss The slave trade sent some Africans running for the hills. Where they got a little stuck. By Cary Tennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/16/gun_ownership/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/16/gun_ownership/index.html?source=rss Like my father, I love and respect guns. But I'm conflicted. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/02/23/amazing_grace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/02/23/amazing_grace/index.html?source=rss Not only is Michael Apted's historical drama about an anti-slavery activist lively and funny -- it stars a serious dreamboat. Huzzah! By Marisa Meltzer Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/01/09/holmes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/01/09/holmes/index.html?source=rss In the early 1800s, Westerners leered at Saartjie Bartmaan's curvy body and exotic skin. But do we gawk any less today? By Susan Straight Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/03/18/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/03/18/straight/index.html?source=rss In an excerpt from Susan Straight's new novel, a mixed-race slave girl tries to outwit her captors. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/16/foner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/16/foner/index.html?source=rss A master historian argues that Reconstruction ideals, far from reflecting America's deepest values, contradicted them By Debra J. Dickerson Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/28/apology_for_lynching/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/06/28/apology_for_lynching/index.html?source=rss Senators can take their half-assed lynching apology and shove it. By Priya Jain Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/01/19/hochschild/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/01/19/hochschild/index.html?source=rss Adam Hochschild talks about how the abolitionist movement caught fire -- from the high seas to the kitchen pantry -- and changed the world forever. By Peter L'Official Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/11/22/hazlewood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/11/22/hazlewood/index.html?source=rss Legendary rogue John Hawkyns roamed the high seas for Queen Elizabeth, defeating the Spanish Armada, adventuring in the West Indies -- and pioneering the nefarious trade that would send millions of Africans into slavery. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/01/05/cold_mountain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2004/01/05/cold_mountain/index.html?source=rss Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review. By Laura Miller Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index.html?source=rss While Thomas Jefferson never freed his slaves, George Washington did, despite his wife's wishes. Historians are finally coming to terms with America's oldest wound. By Louise Witt Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html?source=rss A new exhibit at the Museum of the Confederacy tells of slaves who supported slavery. But if former Gov. Doug Wilder's dream comes true, the nation's first slavery museum will tell a different -- and harsher -- story. By Laura Miller Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/02/12/abe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/02/12/abe/index.html?source=rss A new biography removes Abraham Lincoln's halo, revealing a man whose sheer human goodness remains mysterious. By Suzy Hansen Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/04/05/segal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2001/04/05/segal/index.html?source=rss The author of a book on the 1,400-year history of the other slave trade talks about the power of eunuchs, the Nation of Islam's falsehoods and the persistence of slavery today. By David Horowitz Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/2001/03/19/reparations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/2001/03/19/reparations/index.html?source=rss The columnist responds to Alicia Montgomery, who dubbed him "the white Al Sharpton." By Cary Tennis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/16/berkeley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/16/berkeley/index.html?source=rss The conservative columnist defends his views in the former Mecca of free speech. No chairs are thrown, but a mike mysteriously goes dead. By David Horowitz Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/13/horowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/13/horowitz/index.html?source=rss The Salon columnist charges that Joan Walsh, in her defense of his anti-reparations ad campaign, belittled him as a "racial provocateur" and publicity hound.